Headgear with a visor

ABSTRACT

A headgear includes front and rear sections, a visor, and first and second areas provided on the visor. The visor is disposed in and extending from the front section, and the visor comprises an upper surface and a lower surface. The first and second areas provided on the lower surface of the visor, and the first area and the second area have contrasting optical properties. The first area and the second area may have contrasting colors. Alternatively, the first area and the second area may be provided as two-tone portions. The first area and the second area may meet each other along a middle line dividing the lower surface of the visor substantially by halves. The middle line may be straight. The headgear may further comprise one or more eyesight reference portions disposed on the first or second area.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a headgear with a visor.

In most of sports, aligning things with body parts is important.

A headgear such as cap may be used to facilitate such an aligning.

Accordingly, a need for a headgear with a visor has been present for along time considering the expansive demands in the everyday life. Thisinvention is directed to solve these problems and satisfy the long-feltneed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention contrives to solve the disadvantages of the priorart.

An object of the invention is to provide a headgear with a visor.

An aspect of the invention provides a headgear comprising front and rearsections, a visor, and first and second areas provided on the visor.

The rear section is connected to the front section.

The visor is disposed in and extending from the front section, and thevisor comprises an upper surface and a lower surface.

The first and second areas are provided on the lower surface of thevisor, and the first area and the second area have contrasting opticalproperties.

The first area and the second area may have contrasting colors.

Alternatively, the first area and the second area may be provided astwo-tone portions.

The first area and the second area may meet each other along a middleline dividing the lower surface of the visor substantially by halves.

The middle line may be straight.

The headgear may further comprise one or more eyesight referenceportions, each of which being disposed on the first area or the secondarea at a predetermined position along an outer edge of the first areaor the second area.

Any one of the one or more eyesight reference portions may have a shapeof circle, rectangle, diamond, or triangle.

Each of the one or more eyesight reference portions may have a colordifferent from a neighboring color.

The first area and the second area may have contrasting colors, and eachof the one or more eyesight reference portions may have a colorcontrasting to a neighboring color.

The first area and the second area having contrasting colors, the middleline, and the one or more eyesight reference portions may be configuredfor a golfer wearing the headgear to align with one or more desireddirections for golfing.

Alternatively, the first area and the second area having contrastingcolors, the middle line, and the one or more eyesight reference portionsmay be configured for a baseball player wearing the headgear to alignwith one or more desired directions for playing baseball.

The headgear may further comprise a middle area disposed between thefirst area and the second area.

The middle area may have a shape of elongated rectangle.

The middle area may have a color contrasting to both colors of the firstand second areas.

The headgear may further comprise one or more eyesight referenceportions, each of which being disposed on the first area or the secondarea at a predetermined position along an outer edge of the first areaor the second area.

The advantages of the present invention are: (1) the headgear with avisor according to the invention is simple in structure andmanufacturing; and (2) the headgear with a visor facilitates aligningdesired directions with respect to the body and spatial factors ofsports.

Although the present invention is briefly summarized, the fullerunderstanding of the invention can be obtained by the followingdrawings, detailed description and appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other features, aspects and advantages of the presentinvention will become better understood with reference to theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a headgear according to an embodiment ofthe present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the headgear of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of a headgear according to an embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of a headgear according to another embodiment ofthe present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a headgear aligned in a firstdirection with respect to a target according to an embodiment of theinvention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the headgear of FIG. 5 aligned ina second direction with respect to the target; and

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the headgear of FIG. 5 aligned ina third direction with respect to the target.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

Referring to the figures, the embodiments of the invention are describedin detail.

FIGS. 1-3 show a headgear with a visor according to an embodiment of theinvention, and FIG. 4 shows a headgear with a visor according to anembodiment of the invention.

An aspect of the invention provides a headgear 100 comprising a frontsection 10 and a rear section 12, a visor 20, and first and second areas30, 40 provided on the visor 20. The rear section 12 is connected to thefront section 10.

The visor 20 is disposed in and extending from the front section 10, andthe visor 20 comprises an upper surface 22 and a lower surface 24.

The first and second areas 30, 40 are provided on the lower surface 24of the visor 20, and the first area 30 and the second area 40 havecontrasting optical properties.

The base form of the headgear with a visor according to the inventionmay be any kind of headgear having a visor. The example may include abaseball cap or a hat. Also, the headgear may have a closed top or opentop. Even a headband cap or a bucket hat may be applied with theinvention.

Actually, using the invention, a regular cap or hat may be transformedto a headgear with a visor according to the invention.

The first area and the second area may have contrasting colors.

Alternatively, the first area and the second area may be provided astwo-tone portions.

The first area 30 and the second area 40 may meet each other along amiddle line 34 dividing the lower surface 24 of the visor 20substantially by halves as shown in FIG. 3.

The middle line 34 may be straight as illustrated.

However, it is not limiting, but in certain embodiments of theinvention, the middle line 34 may be other than straight line, such aswavy line.

In certain embodiments, the headgear 100 may further comprise one ormore eyesight reference portions 50, each of which being disposed on thefirst area 30 or the second area 40 at a predetermined position along anouter edge of the first area 30 or the second area 30 as shown in FIGS.3 and 4.

Any one of the one or more eyesight reference portions 50 may have ashape of circle, rectangle, diamond, or triangle. Or, it can be anyother shape if it gives a reference point with respect to the otherparts of the headgear and the eyesight of the user.

Each of the one or more eyesight reference portions 50 may have a colordifferent from a neighboring color, that is, a color of the first orsecond area 30, 40 on which the eyesight reference portion 50 sits.

In certain embodiments, each of the one or more eyesight referenceportions 50 may have a color of the first or second area 30, 40 on whichthe eyesight reference portion 50 does not sit. Of course, each of theone or more eyesight reference portions 50 may have a color differentfrom both colors of the first and second area 30, 40.

The first area 30 and the second area 40 may have contrasting colors,and each of the one or more eyesight reference portions 50 may have acolor contrasting to a neighboring color.

The first area 30 and the second area 40 having contrasting colors, themiddle line 34, and the one or more eyesight reference portions 50 maybe configured for a golfer wearing the headgear 100 to align with one ormore desired directions for golfing.

Alternatively, the first area 30 and the second area 40 havingcontrasting colors, the middle line 34, and the one or more eyesightreference portions 50 may be configured for a baseball player wearingthe headgear 100 to align with one or more desired directions forplaying baseball.

Actually, the first area 30 and the second area 40 having contrastingcolors, the middle line 34, and the one or more eyesight referenceportions 50 may be used to align or coordinate spatially bodily postureof the user and any environmental aiming position or direction.

The headgear 100 may further comprise a middle area 60 disposed betweenthe first area 30 and the second area 40 as shown in FIG. 4.

The middle area 60 may have a shape of elongated rectangle. The widththe middle area 60 may determined according to dimension of other partsand the environmental aiming position or direction.

The middle area 60 may have a color contrasting to both colors of thefirst and second areas 30, 40.

The headgear 100 may further comprise one or more eyesight referenceportions 50, each of which being disposed on the first area 30 or thesecond area 40 at a predetermined position along an outer edge of thefirst area 30 or the second area 40.

The user may put on the headgear with a visor according to the inventionwhile aligning the middle line 34 or the middle area 60 with a verticalcentral line of her or his face. Then the user may recognize how her orhis own head is directing with respect to various desired directions orpositions.

The location and the size of each of the one or more eyesight referenceportions 50 may be determined so that the aligning is facilitatedfurther.

Since it helps the user to sense how aligned her or his head or bodywith a desired position or direction, the two-tone lower surface 24 ofthe visor 20 may be said as acting like a sensor.

Of course, the headgear 100 with a visor according to the inventionhelps the user to recognize not only position or direction of thedesired object, but also movement and its direction of her or his ownhead.

FIGS. 5-7 show how a golfer use a headgear 100 with a visor in a fieldaccording to the invention.

FIG. 5 shows a headgear 100 aligned in a first direction with respect toa target 900 according to an embodiment of the invention, FIG. 6 showsthe headgear 100 of FIG. 5 aligned in a second direction with respect tothe target 900, and FIG. 7 shows the headgear 100 of FIG. 5 aligned in athird direction with respect to the target 900.

In FIG. 5, the golfer or the user with the headgear 100 on is standingfacing the target 900. In the illustrated embodiment, the headgear orcap 100 has a black first area 30 and a white second area 40. The hashlines stand for the first area 30 on the lower surface 24 of the visor20, which is provided as a surface colored, for example, with a blacksolid color. That is, in FIG. 5, the user is locating the target 900, inwhich the middle line 34 is parallel with a line connecting the user andthe target 900.

Next in FIG. 6, the user is standing looking down a golf ball (notshown), in which the middle line 34 is about perpendicular to a lineconnecting the user and the target 900.

In FIG. 7, the user turns his head toward the target 900 to find out thetarget 900 and an imaginary flight course of the ball. If the userstands and aligns his body right, the target 900 may be viewed in therange of target, the black first area 30. Since the visor 20 is tooclose to eyes, the edge of the visor 20 or the first area 30 may lookblurred. Still the user can find the target 900 with the first area 30of the visor as a background or foreground, recognizing whether hisposture or direction or degree of twisting of own upper body is right ornot.

Likewise, in a baseball game, a batter wearing the headgear 100 may findout how the ball is coming in, inwards or outwards, almost instantly, bylooking at the ball with the two-tone lower surface 24 of the visor 20as a background.

In FIGS. 5-7, there is no eyesight reference portion. As discussed inthe above, since it is too close, the image of such an eyesightreference portion would be blurred.

Therefore, the entire portion of the first or second area 30, 40 may beused instead, so as to obtain similar effect.

After setting up through the processes in FIGS. 5 and 6, the user looksat the ball aligning the middle line 34 with the ball, maintains theeyesight in the first (left) area 30 during a back swing, and maintainsthe eyesight in the second (right) area 40 from the start of down swingto the hitting moment, so that a heap-up can be prevented.

While the invention has been shown and described with reference todifferent embodiments thereof, it will be appreciated by those skilledin the art that variations in form, detail, compositions and operationmay be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventionas defined by the accompanying claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A headgear comprising: a front section; a rearsection connected to the front section; a visor disposed in andextending from the front section, wherein the visor comprises an uppersurface and a lower surface; and first and second areas provided on thelower surface of the visor, wherein the first area and the second areahave contrasting optical properties.
 2. The headgear of claim 1, whereinthe first area and the second area have contrasting colors.
 3. Theheadgear of claim 1, wherein the first area and the second area areprovided as two-tone portions.
 4. The headgear of claim 1, wherein thefirst area and the second area meet each other along a middle linedividing the lower surface of the visor substantially by halves.
 5. Theheadgear of claim 4, wherein the middle line is straight.
 6. Theheadgear of claim 1, further comprising one or more eyesight referenceportions, each of which being disposed on the first area or the secondarea at a predetermined position along an outer edge of the first areaor the second area.
 7. The headgear of claim 6, wherein any one of theone or more eyesight reference portions has a shape of circle,rectangle, diamond, or triangle.
 8. The headgear of claim 6, whereineach of the one or more eyesight reference portions has a colordifferent from a neighboring color.
 9. The headgear of claim 6, whereinthe first area and the second area have contrasting colors, and whereineach of the one or more eyesight reference portions has a colorcontrasting to a neighboring color.
 10. The headgear of claim 4, whereinthe first area and the second area having contrasting colors, the middleline, and the one or more eyesight reference portions are configured fora golfer wearing the headgear to align with one or more desireddirections for golfing.
 11. The headgear of claim 4, wherein the firstarea and the second area having contrasting colors, the middle line andthe one or more eyesight reference portions are configured for abaseball player wearing the headgear to align with one or more desireddirections for playing baseball.
 12. The headgear of claim 1, furthercomprising a middle area disposed between the first area and the secondarea.
 13. The headgear of claim 12, wherein the middle area has a shapeof elongated rectangle.
 14. The headgear of claim 1, wherein the middlearea has a color contrasting to both colors of the first and secondareas.
 15. The headgear of claim 12, further comprising one or moreeyesight reference portions, each of which being disposed on the firstarea or the second area at a predetermined position along an outer edgeof the first area or the second area.